Archive for December, 2013
Chocolate Lasagna
Posted in chocolate lasagna, dessert, Recipes on December 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
SMART Goals, not so smart?
Posted in New Years Resolutions, smart on December 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I was introduced to SMART goals in school and drilled with them during the nursing program. They still hang around at work. There is exact criteria for SMART goals. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely but all be very clear and well defined. For evaluations I understand the smart format, it gives a good ruler for progress. For how the patients shift went I lean a little more towards meh’ whatever. As for New Years Resolutions I think it’s a bad idea, at least for me.
Christmas Concert
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The sign said no cameras or videotaping. No mention of recording voice notes or not. Now if I can just put them on here. Which I can’t so have some pictures.
‘Tis the season for lonely
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I had a nice, uplifting post planned sharing some insights and questions from reading this week.
Traditions
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Growing up one if my favorite traditions was helping Grandma and Grandpa decorate for Christmas. Grandma would be busy turning the mantle and organ into Christmas wonderland while Grandpa was busy making sure the tree was perfect from all angles. He would cut off branches to graft them exactly where he wanted them, and wouldn’t stop until it was perfect.
Band concert time!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Music is such a huge part of Christmas for me. The chaos of all the concerts is crazy but I love every minute of them.
Heart of Gold
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Our local shop with a cop is tomorrow. The Young Women always go and help wrap, probably their favorite service project. A year and half into single-parenthood Kaede and Michael were invited to go, after a fair amount of inner turmoil, they went and had a great experience. It often comes up at Christmastime, today as we walked into Wal-mart past the bin for Toys For Tots Kaede sighed and said “I wish I got to do Shop With A Cop again so I could put some nice toys in there” she had asked earlier if we could put something in there and I said no. What a meany Grinch I am! When we were putting packages together for our missionaries (that are not going to make it in time 😦 ) we had put everything in I’d planned on/budgeted for not having any idea how much mailing them would be and Kaede wanted to get something else too. Even if it meant she got less for Christmas this year.